House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PBM Act
Official title: To prohibit pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacies from being under common ownership, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Diana Harshbarger R-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 13, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 13, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8779.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HARSHBARGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 81, May 13, 2026, Page H3453):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8779, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8779
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
8 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 8 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Earl Carter (R-GA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Troy Nehls (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Diana Harshbarger.
- H.R. 617 (119th) American Music Tourism Act of 2025
- H.R. 9339 (119th) Affordable Innovation for the Grid Act
- H.R. 2484 (119th) Seniors’ Access to Critical Medications Act of 2025
- H.R. 10158 (119th) Automotive National and Economic Security Act of 2026
- H.R. 2713 (119th) MAIN Event Ticketing Act
- H.R. 2844 (119th) Michael Enzi Voluntary Protection Program Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 4509 (119th) PBM ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.